'Sunni Islam is the largestbranch of Islam, comprising at least 85% of the world's 1.5 billion Muslims.[1] Sunnis are also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘ah (Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة‎ "people of the tradition (of Muhammad) and the community") or Ahl as-Sunnah (Arabic: أهل السنة‎) for short. The word Sunni comes from the word Sunnah (Arabic: سنة‎), which means the words and actions[2] or example of the Islamic ProphetMuhammad.